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Congressman blames U.S. unemployment crisis on iPad

In the rambling manifesto Jackson claims that the iPad is responsible for killing thousands of American publishing and retail jobs. He claims that Americans are losing their jobs to workers in China. Read more

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Implement a Green IT Action Plan

This guide outlines a step-by-step approach to help IT leaders develop a plan that reduces the environmental impact of large office printing and imaging while saving money and increasing productivity.


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Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy line: Co-opetition implodes

Apple sues Samsung over the Galaxy phone and tablet line in the latest installment of this messy customer-supplier relationship. Read more

Silicon Valley is back - 2010 best year in its history

Silicon Valley had a great year in 2010 as profits by its publicly traded companies rose to an all-time high. Read more

Microsoft delivers public beta of its Office 365 cloud bundle

As rumored last week, Microsoft made available on April 18 a public beta of its Office 365 bundle of Microsoft-hosted applications. Read more

TI: Japan earthquake hurt earnings, outlook

Texas Instruments said the Japan earthquake damaged two of its factories, hurt demand in the country and cut into its earnings. Read more

Taxday Treat: A Google-eye view of government spending

On Tax Day, Google announces the winning entry of a contest for developers to visualize how federal tax dollars are spent. Read more

ThinkPad x220 with 15-20 hour battery life available for purchase tomorrow

I just received word from Lenovo that the ThinkPad x220 will be available tomorrow, April 19. I reviewed the x220 a month ago and it is the most popular review I have written on ZDNet. Read more

Verizon 4G Novatel MiFi is now available

If you have been waiting for the Novatel 4G (LTE) MiFi to become available on the Verizon network, your wait is over. The MiFi 4G is for sale today on the Verizon online store. Read more

That's heavy: Dell collects 150M pounds of e-waste in FY2011

Less than one week after the consumer electronics industry vowed to do better on collecting, reusing or recycling end-of-life products, Dell has announced that it took in about 150 million pounds... Read more

Wired casts Andy Rubin as a modern Bill Gates in The Android Explosion

Fred Vogelstein wrote an article for Wired about the Android Explosion which details the scrappy startup's rise to stardom and compares Andy Rubin to a modern-day Bill Gates. Read more

Samsung expected to debut 2GHz dual-core smartphone by 2012

Smartphone processors are evolving fromà1GHz to 1.2GHz dual-core power lately, but Samsung plans to step things up considerably by next year.It is being reported that Samsung is planning to... Read more

Apple slips faster SSD drive from Samsung into its MacBook Airs

It's a bit ironic that after Samsung releases its competitor to the MacBook Air in the form of the Series 9 notebook, the same company is responsible for giving Apple's ultraportable laptop a bit... Read more

Rumor: iPhone 5 will have A5 processor, Qualcomm baseband

Even though Apple is not expected to reveal the next generation of the iPhone until this fall, the rumor mill is already churning away. Read more

Hands-on review: Microsoft Arc wireless keyboard

Microsoft's Arc keyboard has been on sale for some time, but here's an additional hands-on review in case you're in the market for a new wireless keyboard. Read more

Facebooking mom gets 10 years for letting toddler drown

A mother who played on Facebook while her 13 month-old son drowned in the bathtub has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Read more

False alarm: Microsoft says is not open sourcing the Kinect software development kit

On the heels of a credible report that Microsoft was planning to open source the coming Kinect SDK, Microsoft officials are denying that's the case. Read more


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Hands-on look: BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

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Game of Thrones: A quick character guide

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